Hugh Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham

(Redirected from Hugh John Frederick Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham) British hereditary peer and journalist

The Right HonourableThe Lord Burnham

Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 21 September 1993 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 5th Baron Burnham
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 1 January 2005
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	The Lord de Mauley

Personal details
Born	Hugh John Frederick Lawson (1931-08-15)15 August 1931
Died	1 January 2005(2005-01-01) (aged 73)
Political party	Conservative
Occupation	Politician, journalist

Hugh John Frederick Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham (15 August 1931 – 1 January 2005), was a British hereditary peer and journalist.

The second son of the 4th Baron Burnham, he was educated at Eton College and read PPE at Balliol College, Oxford. Initially working for the Cambridge Evening News, he joined The Daily Telegraph prior to its 1986 takeover by Conrad Black, and held the positions of general manager and deputy managing director in the 1970s and 80s.

Upon inheriting his brother's title in 1993, he had a career in the House of Lords as a Conservative defence spokesman and junior whip. He was one of the 90 hereditary peers who were selected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.

In 1955, Lord Burnham married Hilary Hunter with whom he had three children – two daughters and a son, Harry, who inherited the title.

Arms

Coat of arms of Hugh Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham
	Escutcheon Quarterly 1st & 4th Azure three bars gemel Argent over all a winged morion Or 2nd & 3rd Gules a saltire double parted and fretted Or between in fess two rams' heads couped in fess Argent. Supporters Dexter the figure of Clio the Muse of history Proper sinister the figure of Hermes vested Argent mantled Azure on the head of a winged morion on his heels wings and in his exterior hand a caduceus Or. Motto Of Old I Hold

"Lord Burnham". The Daily Telegraph. 5 January 2005. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
"Mr Hugh Lawson (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
"MQ MAGAZINE Issue 13 - Obituaries". mqmagazine.co.uk. April 2005. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 1908.

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded byWilliam Lawson	Baron Burnham 1993–2005 Member of the House of Lords (1993–1999)	Succeeded byHarry Lawson
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New office created by the House of Lords Act 1999	Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 1999–2005	Succeeded byThe Lord de Mauley

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